"If you want to do something, it is so corny, but the time is now. When else are you going to have the time to do it? You just don't know. So I think that if you make a plan and you want to do it, you just gotta get after it." - Elissa Madonia This is Part 2 of the attempted 46 Mountain Month in the Adirondacks with Elissa Madonia (@lissymadz)! Elissa embarked on an Adirondack quest about a month and a half ago with John Alex Vespa (Episode 16 -> tosummitup.com/e16) to climb all of the Adirondack High Peaks in one trip to determine her hiking compatibility with John Alex for the Appalachian Trail. Did they complete all 46? Will they be conquering the Appalachian Trail? Check out this episode to hear Elissa's side of this Adirondack Story. She also brought her Golden Doodle doggo, Charlie (@charlieblazerthedoodle), to the interview and you get to hear his thoughts at times as well! In this episode, we talk about: How Elissa got into trail running (where she met John Alex Vespa)How the idea of climbing 46 mountains in 1 month hatchedThe point at which morale was lowest on the tripHer favorite part of the tripFuture mountain plans This is such an exciting episode! Listen deeply and see if Elissa's take on the trip is similar or different from that of John Alex Vespa. If this episode resonates with you, go on social media and tag @lissymadz, @charlieblazerthedoodle and @_tosummitup. Head over to itunes and leave an honest review and you could be featured as the fan of the week on an upcoming Friday episode. If you'd like tosupport the podcast, reach out to [email protected] or check out the patreon link in the show notes to give a donation. Donations would mean the world and would allow me to continue to improve the overall To Summit Up Podcast listening experience (better equipment, editing, etc.). To Summit Up theme song by Jordan Wolf (@jwolfy3 on Instagram)